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October 24 - Proverbs 17:15-21 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here and it is Friday.
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  It's the 24th of October. Great to have your company as we
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  gather today at the end of a week to read through some
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  proverbs together. And as we hear these proverbs,
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  these are all observations made by the wise king, inspired by
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  God's Spirit so that you and I can be a little bit wiser.
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  And I guess all of this we read and we hear through that lens
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  that wisdom begins and ends in knowing, loving, and fearing
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  God. And so all of these things are
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  just different ways, different lenses, different approaches,
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  different takes on how do we grow closer to God.
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  Because the closer we are to God, the wiser we are.
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  Because this just occurred to me this week listening to a sermon.
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  Wisdom is not the cumulative total of smarter, wise things
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  that we know. Wisdom is the posture of our
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  heart in submission and love of God.
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  So let these words, Holy Spirit, bring us to a place of love and
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  submission of you, so that we can be your people, wise like
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  you. All right friends, let us read
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  together Proverbs 1715 to 21. Acquitting the guilty and
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  condemning the innocent, both are detestable to the Lord.
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  It is senseless to pay to educate a fool since he has no
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  heart for learning. A friend is always loyal and a
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  brother is born to help in a time of need.
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  It's poor judgement to guarantee another person's debt or put up
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  security for a friend. Anyone who loves to quarrel
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  loves sin. Anyone who trusts in high walls
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  invites disaster. The crooked heart will not
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  prosper. The lying tongue tumbles into
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  trouble. It is painful to be the parent
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  of a fool. There is no joy for the father
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  of a rebel. And again, acquitting the guilty
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  and condemning the innocent, Both are detestable to the Lord.
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  It is senseless to pay to educate a fool since he has no
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  heart for learning. A friend is always loyal and a
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  brother is born to help in time of need.
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  It's poor judgement to guarantee another person's debt or put up
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  security for a friend. Anyone who loves to quarrel
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  loves sin. Anyone who trusts in high walls
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  invites disaster. The crooked heart will not
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  prosper. The lying tongue tumbles into
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  trouble. It is painful to be the parent
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  of a fool. There is no joy for the father
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  of a rebel. Our Lord, thank you for
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  reminding us of your truth. Thank you.
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  As we read these proverbs, we hear your wisdom passed down to
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  us, and in particular, we hear this proverb that talks about
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  the loyalty of a friend and that a brother is born to help in
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  time of need. Our Lord, here we are living in
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  the world where we are told again and again that we are born
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  to fulfil our destiny, that we are born for moments like these,
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  moments of adventure or great pleasure or great achievement.
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  But here the wise King writes that no, we were born to help a
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  brother and sister in their time of need.
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  That is not just a vocation. That is not just an option, but
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  that is why we're here in the 1st place.
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  That's why we were born, to help each other in a time of need.
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  Oh Lord, let that be our lens, that when we encountered those
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  who are struggling that that is our moment to fulfil our
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  birthright, our destiny to help another in their time of need.
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  So shape our hearts that we would see this as our priority
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  and then grace us with opportunities to be your help
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  for those around us. Now You have a better way.
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  Draw us into that better way. Our loving God and wonderful
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  Saviour in whose name we pray. Amen.